ubuntu-cve-2013-4492
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2013-12-07 00:55
Modified
2026-05-20 14:48
Summary
Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in exceptions.rb in the i18n gem before 0.6.6 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted I18n::MissingTranslationData.new call.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-i18n",
            "binary_version": "0.6.9-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "ruby-i18n",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-i18n@0.6.9-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.6.4-1",
        "0.6.5-1",
        "0.6.9-1",
        "0.6.9-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-i18n",
            "binary_version": "0.7.0-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "ruby-i18n",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-i18n@0.7.0-2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.6.11-2",
        "0.7.0-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-i18n",
            "binary_version": "0.7.0-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "ruby-i18n",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-i18n@0.7.0-2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-i18n",
            "binary_version": "1.8.2-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "ruby-i18n",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-i18n@1.8.2-2?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "1.8.2-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-i18n",
            "binary_version": "1.8.11-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "ruby-i18n",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-i18n@1.8.11-1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
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        "1.8.10-1",
        "1.8.11-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-i18n",
            "binary_version": "1.14.1-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-i18n@1.14.1-1?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.10.0-2",
        "1.14.1-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-i18n",
            "binary_version": "1.14.7-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
        "name": "ruby-i18n",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-i18n@1.14.7-1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.14.7-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-i18n",
            "binary_version": "1.14.8-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "ruby-i18n",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-i18n@1.14.8-1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.14.7-1",
        "1.14.8-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in exceptions.rb in the i18n gem before 0.6.6 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted I18n::MissingTranslationData.new call.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4492",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:48:35Z",
  "published": "2013-12-07T00:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4492"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998/bLFEyIO4k_EJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/92b57b1e4f84adcdcc3a375278f299274be62445"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4492"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-4492"
  ]
}



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